November Unemployment County Rates

NOVEMBER’S UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IMPROVED IN A MAJORITY OF TENNESSEE’S 95 COUNTIES, ACCORDING TO NEWLY RELEASED DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SIXTY-TWO COUNTIES EXPERIENCED A DROP IN JOBLESS RATES DURING NOVEMBER WHEN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS MONTH. THE RATES REMAINED THE SAME IN 25 COUNTIES AND INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE REMAINING EIGHT COUNTIES. NEARLY EVERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE LOGGED AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BELOW 5%. ONLY THREE COUNTIES MARKED RATES EXCEEDING 5% BUT UNDER 10%.  WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAD A RATE OF 2.5% IN NOVEMBER, THE LOWEST IN THE STATE, WHILE LAWRENCE COUNTY CAME IN AT 3.4%, LEWIS COUNTY AT 3.5%, MARSHALL COUNTY AT 3.3%, MAURY COUNTY AT 2.9%, GILES COUNTY AT 3.2% AND WAYNE COUNTY AT 4.4%.

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